David Wolfe, professor in the Department of horticulture, and Antonio Bento, associate professor in the Department of Applied Economics and Management, spoke on “The Role of Agriculture and Forestry in Emerging Carbon Markets,” to the House and Senate November 18-19. From a November 24 Cornell Chronicle article:
“The agriculture and forestry industries are unique, Bento and Wolfe said, because land managers can do more than reduce their own emissions of such key greenhouse gases as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Bento and Wolfe said that they can adopt plant, soil and livestock management practices that will sequester additional carbon and/or replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources — such as energy from biomass, manure and methane capture — thus becoming part of the solution and providing carbon offsets for other sectors.”
Wolfe studies the potential effects of carbon dioxide and climate change on natural and managed ecosystems. Bentos studies the economics of biofuels.